The true legal status of online mixes ?

[Chris Hutchinson]

 

Is it legal to put up a mix ?

>>>>NO

 

 

 

Is it legal if you put up a mix with a listing ?

>>>NO

 

 

 

Are there licence fees to pay ?

>>>YES

 

 

If you upload a mix, you can be taken to court unless you pay royalties to the labels whose tracks have been used

 

The good news however, is that most of em wont bother - seems only Tidytrax and the Next Generation labels (Next Gen/Blatant Beats/Stimulant Records) care about it, and will take action over it, in the hard dance scene (dont know about others tho)

[Chris Hutchinson]

QUOTE (cupboardy @ Feb 27 2004, 10:27)

Currently the PRS are trying to get it so clubs/DJs have to pay royalty to them if the tracks are played in a club! Madness.

clubs already pay whatever it is that secures rights to use tracks - dunno how it works, but it was brought up on the Tidytrax forums and apparantly its legal to use any music at a licensed venue

[Guest Kether]

Might be worth emailing Rowan and Meza on gurn and see what they had to do to be allowed to run their Pick a Mix.